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“10. ὁ μὲν οὖν οὕτως ἐσφάγη, ἥκιστα δὴ 1 τοῦτο παθεῖν καὶ δι᾽ ἑαυτὸν καὶ διὰ τὴν πᾶσαν τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴν ὀφείλων, πλὴν καθ᾽ ὅσον διὰ τὴν φιλαρχίαν αἰτιώτατος τῷ Πατέρνῳ 2 τῷ συνάρχοντι τοῦ ὀλέθρου ἐγένετο: ἰδίᾳ μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν πώποτε οὔτε πρὸς δόξαν οὔτε πρὸς πλοῦτον περιεβάλετο, 3 ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀδωρότατα καὶ σωφρονέστατα διήγαγε, τοῦ δὲ Κομμόδου καὶ 4 τῆς ἀρχῆς αὐτοῦ πᾶσαν ἀσφάλειαν ἐποιεῖτο.” Xiph. 272, 28-273, 15 R. St. “ [2] ὅτι ὁ Κόμμοδος εὐθυμίαις 5 τε πάνυ προσέκειτο καὶ ἁρματηλασίᾳ προσεῖχε, καὶ οὔτ᾽ ἀρχὴν τῶν 6 τοιούτων τι αὐτῷ ἔμελεν, οὔτ᾽ εἰ καὶ σφόδρα ἐπεφροντίκει, διαθέσθαι γε αὐτὰ ὑπὸ τῆς ἁβρότητος καὶ τῆς ἀπειρίας ἐδύνατο. καὶ οἱ Καισάρειοι τούτου 7 ἀπαλλαγέντες ῾ἦν [p. 92] δὲ αὐτῶν κορυφαῖος ὁ Κλέανδροσ᾽ οὐδὲν ὅ τι κακὸν οὐκ ἔδρων, πωλοῦντες πάντα, ὑβρίζοντες, ἀσελγαίνοντες.” Exc. Val. 318 (p. 726), Xiph. 273, 15-18, R. St. “ Κόμμοδος δὲ τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ βίου περί τε τὰς ῥᾳστώνας καὶ τοὺς ἵππους περί τε τὰς μάχας [3] τῶν τε θηρίων καὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν εἶχεν. ἄνευ γὰρ ὧν οἴκοι ἔδρα, πολλοὺς μὲν ἄνδρας ἐν τῷ δημοσίῳ πολλὰ δὲ καὶ θηρία πολλάκις ἔφθειρε: καὶ πέντε γοῦν ἵππους ποταμίους 8 ἅμα καὶ δύο ἐλέφαντας ἄλλῃ καὶ ἄλλῃ ἡμέρᾳ χωρὶς αὐτὸς ταῖς ἑαυτοῦ χερσὶ κατεχρήσατο, καὶ προσέτι καὶ ῥινοκέρωτας ἀπέκτεινε καὶ καμηλοπάρδαλιν. ταῦτα μέν μοι κατὰ παντὸς τοῦ περὶ αὐτὸν λόγου γέγραπται.” Xiph. 273, 18-25, R. St. “ ”

1 dh\ Leuncl., de\ *wC.

2 *pate/rnw| R. Steph., pate/rna *wC.

3 perieba/leto R. Steph., perieba/lleto *wC.

4 kai\ supplied by Hier. Wolf.

5 eu)qumi/ais Vai., e)kqumi/ais cod. Peir.

6 a)rxh\n tw=n Reim., a)rxo/ntwn cod. Peir.

7 tou/tou — *kle/andros *wC, suno/ntes au)tw=| cod. Peir.

8 potami/ous V. polemi/ous C.

Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-. Keyboarding.

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